Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Leonard's Hospital & Chapel, Lasswade
Grid reference
NT 303 661 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
330300 666100
Latitude
55.883031567388656
Longitude
-3.1143347366808833
Altitude (metres)
90
County
Midlothian
Nearby places
St Anne's Factory, Lasswade (0.09 miles)
Lasswade, parish (0.12 miles)
St Leonard's Mill, Lasswade (0.12 miles)
St Leonard's House, Lasswade (0.18 miles)
Melville, former parish Lasswade (0.2 miles)
Object Classification
Ecclesiastical
Other
hospital
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
NMRS records (Canmore ID 53453) references to the hospital and its chapel from the early sixteenth century. Though traces could be seen in 1904, none could be found in 1954.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Lasswade, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Leonard's House, Lasswade
Adjacent St Leonard's Mill, Lasswade
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Capella et Hospitale Sancti Leonardi
Head name
Capella et Hospitale Sancti Leonardi
Place
St Leonard's Hospital & Chapel, Lasswade
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
capelle et hospitalis S. Leonardi 1528, RMS
Historic formcapelle et hospitalis S. Leonardi Head nameCapella et Hospitale Sancti Leonardi PlaceSt Leonard's Hospital & Chapel, Lasswade Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, iii no. 590 Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Saints in this place-name
Leonard (ns) (certain)
Leonard of Noblac (certain)
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